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Multilaser Herriott Cell for Planetary Tunable Laser SpectrometersGeometric optics and matrix methods are used to mathematically model multilaser Herriott cells for tunable laser absorption spectrometers for planetary missions. The Herriott cells presented accommodate several laser sources that follow independent optical paths but probe a single gas cell. Strategically placed output holes located in the far mirrors of the Herriott cells reduce the size of the spectrometers. A four-channel Herriott cell configuration is presented for the specific application as the sample cell of the tunable laser spectrometer instrument selected for the sample analysis at Mars analytical suite on the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Document ID
20080047096
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tarsitano, Christopher G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Webster, Christopher R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
September 24, 2007
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Publisher: Optical Society of America
Volume: 46
Issue: 28
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
continuous-wave
operation
multipass absorption cells
lasers
ring-down spectroscopy
interband cascade

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